Third floor common room, Saturday around noon

[lovemykilt]

Malcolm had spent the morning wandering around, boggling. Harken had never looked like this before! They must have remodeled the whole dorm! Of course, that meant he kept getting lost -- Malcolm wasn't that great at finding his way around on a good day. But there were all these new people around! It was his duty as a long-standing Harken student to meet them, right?

He just wished he could find Jake or Zoe or even Mr. Felcher. They'd know what was going on. . . .

He finally settled into one of the large common rooms and sat perched on the couch. Maybe someone would come by who could tell him what was going on.

[ooc: open! I have to run to work in a few hours and am greedy and want to get some play in. *grumbles at stupid work scheduling me all weekend*]

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[darkangelsawyer.livejournal.com]

Peyton hesitated in the doorway of the common room. "Can anyone here tell me where I am?"

[lovemykilt]

"Oh yes, ma'am! You're at Harken Academy!"

No, no she wasn't.

[darkangelsawyer.livejournal.com]

"The..." Peyton stared at him for a minute, her whole body drooping. Maybe she hadn't run away. Maybe Dan had sent her here to get her away from Lucas, to control her even more until she agreed to do as he said.

"Some sort of boarding school then?"

[lovemykilt]

"Oh yes, ma'am," Malcolm said again. "One of the best. Jake even lead our fencing team to the finals!"

[darkangelsawyer.livejournal.com]

She looked down, her mouth twisting a little bitterly. "I guess my guardian finally followed through with his threats and sent me away. I wonder how he got me here without my knowledge."

[lovemykilt]

"Did he tell you you were going to Disney World and bring you here, instead?"

[darkangelsawyer.livejournal.com]

Peyton blinked. "Disney World? What's that?"

[lovemykilt]

Malcolm's jaw dropped. "You've never heard of Disney World?!" How was that possible? "Are you from Canada?"

[darkangelsawyer.livejournal.com]

"Canada? Dan would never let me go to Canada," Peyton said, shaking her head a little bitterly. "He won't let me go anywhere. Unless he's right there with me. I'm from Tree Hill, North Carolina."

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"That seems to be the big question on the menu," Tom said, feeling strangely more at ease knowing that he wasn't the only one with no idea where they were.

[darkangelsawyer.livejournal.com]

Peyton looked from him to the other boy who looked like a version of him. "I guess so. I'm not sure how I got here at all. Is... that your brother?"

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

That pulled a smile from Tom. "Not unless my Dad had an entire secret life no one knew about. I'm Tom Hanniger."

[darkangelsawyer.livejournal.com]

"Hi, Tom. I'm Peyton Sawyer." She smiled back at him. "You do look remarkably alike. Just one of those weird flukey things, I guess."

"So... you just woke up in a strange place this morning, too?"

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," Tom said and the relief at not being alone in that was evident in his voice. "I don't have any idea how I got here. Last I remember, I was... in a really bad place." Yeah, no need to scare the pretty blonde with tales of mines and psycho killers.

[darkangelsawyer.livejournal.com]

"I don't either," she admitted and moved a little closer, sensing that relief and feeling oddly comforted by it. "I think maybe my guardian brought me here - gave me sleeping pills or something and brought me here while I slept."

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"That's... kinda twisted, actually."

[darkangelsawyer.livejournal.com]

She gave him a small sad smile. "Yeah, well... Dan Scott. He always finds a way to get what he wants."

[withoutverona]

"At a school," Luke ventured.

He was helpful.

"I just got here myself."

[darkangelsawyer.livejournal.com]

"School?" Peyton said. "Like some sort of finishing school or something?"

[withoutverona]

"Ummm, sure," Luke said. He had no idea what a finishing school was. "I'm making sandwiches, you want one?"

[darkangelsawyer.livejournal.com]

Peyton put her hand on her stomach. "I am a bit hungry, I guess," she admitted. "Yes, I'd like one please."

[withoutverona]

"Here you go," Luke said, offering her a platter of sandwiches. "Specialty of the house is bologna and American. Do you want with mustard or without?"

[darkangelsawyer.livejournal.com]

"Um... with, I suppose," Peyton said and reached for one. "I don't think I've ever had a bologna sandwich before."

[withoutverona]

Luke gallantly handed her a sandwich with a swirl of mustard. "See, then you've missed out," he said. "I grew up on 'em. American classic."

[darkangelsawyer.livejournal.com]

Peyton took a careful bite. It wasn't really incredibly appetizing, but it wasn't too bad. "Thanks," she said.